1N Wireless User Guide Model： ： W303R
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11N Wireless User Guide Contents CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ...................... 1 1.1 Package Contents................................... 1 1.2 LED Indicators and Port Description .......... 1 CHAPTER 2 PRODUCT INSTALLATION ........................ 4 CHAPTER 3 HOW TO CONFIGURE TO ACCESS THE INTERNET ............................................................................. 6 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 How to Set the Network Configurations ..... 6 Log in to the Router ..............................
11N Wireless User Guide CHAPTER 6 DHCP SERVER............................................. 34 6.1 DHCP Server ........................................ 34 6.2 DHCP Client List .................................... 34 CHAPTER 7 VIRTUAL SERVER ...................................... 36 7.1 Port Range Forwarding ........................... 36 7.2 DMZ Settings........................................ 38 7.3 UPNP Settings ...................................... 38 CHAPTER 8 SECURITY SETTINGS ........................
11N Wireless User Guide APPENDIX 4 CLEAR WIRELESS CONFIGURATION . 58 APPENDIX 5 REGULATORY INFORMATION .............
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 1 Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Tenda Wireless N Broadband Router! This easy-to-use router provides simple configuration interface which enables you to configure it with ease. It is based on the latest IEEE802.11n standard, and is backward compatible with devices of IEEE802.11b/g standards.
11N Wireless User Guide Back panel port show (take W316R as an example) 2
11N Wireless User Guide Back panel port description 3
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 2 Product Installation In this user guide, we take W316R as an example to explain the installation steps. The installation steps of other products are similar to this one. 1. Please use only the included power adapter to power your router. (NOTE: Use of an unmatched power adapter could cause damage to this product). 2. Please connect the router’s LAN port to your computer with an Ethernet cable as shown below. 3.
11N Wireless User Guide 4. Insert the included software CD into the CD drive of your computer. After the software automatically initiates, double click the “Setup” icon and follow the instructions to complete the installation. You can also enter the router’s Web-based Utility to complete the configuration.
N Wireless User Guide Chapter 3 How to configure to access the Internet 3.1 How to Set the Network Configurations Network Configurations under windows XP 1. Right click “My Network Places” on your computer desktop and select “Properties”. 2. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. 3. Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and click “Properties”.
11N Wireless User Guide 4. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” and “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Click “OK” to save the configurations. Or select “Use the following IP address” and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway as follows: IP Address: 192.168.0.XXX: (XXX is a number from 2~254) Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS server: You should input the DNS server address provided by your ISP. Otherwise, you can enter 192.168.0.1.
11N Wireless User Guide Network Configurations under windows 7 1. Click the network icon on the lower right corner of your computer desktop, and then click” Open Network and Sharing Center”. 2. Click “Change adapter settings” on the left side of the window.
11N Wireless User Guide 3. Right click “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”. 4. Double click” Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4)". 5.
11N Wireless User Guide automatically”. Click “OK” to save the configurations. Or select “Use the following IP address” and enter the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway as follows: IP Address: 192.168.0.XXX: (XXX is a number from 2~254) Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS server: You should input the DNS server address provided by your ISP. Otherwise, you can enter 192.168.0.1. Click “OK” to save the configurations.
11N Wireless User Guide 3.2 Log in to the Router 1. To access the Router’s Web-based Utility, launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and enter http://192.168.0.1. Press “Enter”. 2. The system will automatically choose the corresponding web language in accordance with the Browser’s language. For example, if your Browser’s language is French, the router’s web language will display as French. 3.
11N Wireless User Guide 3.3 Fast Internet Access Two kinds of fast access methods are provided on the router’s web-based utility: ADSL dial-up and DHCP. If you select ADSL dial-up, you only need to enter the access account and access password as well as the wireless password, and then click “Ok” to complete the settings. If you select DHCP, you only need to enter the wireless password and click “Ok” to complete the settings.
11N Wireless User Guide 3.4 Fast Encryption The router provides two encryption setting screens, one is simple and easy, the other is advanced (For advanced setting, please refer to chapter 5.2). Simple and easy screen: Log on to the router’s web-based utility and you may set encryption for the router. The default adopts WPA-PSK mode and AES Algorithm. The default password is 12345678, as shown below.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 4 Advanced Settings 4.1 System Status System status screen allows you to view the router’s WAN port status and system status. Connection status: It displays the router’s WAN connection status. Disconnected: It indicates the router’s WAN port hasn’t been connected with the network cable. Connecting: It indicates the router’s WAN port is obtaining IP address. Connected: It indicates the Router is well connected with the ISP. WAN IP：IP address obtained from ISP.
11N Wireless User Guide System time：It displays the system’s updated time Connected client ：It displays the number of the connected computers(normally it Software version：It displays the Router’s software version； Hardware version：It displays the Router’s hardware version. displays the number of clients whose IP addresses obtained via DHCP server) 4.2 WAN Settings Virtual Dial-up (PPPoE) Mode: Show your current connection mode. Access Account: Enter the account provided by your ISP.
11N Wireless User Guide Connect on Demand: Re-establish your connection to the Internet after the specific time (Max Idle Time). Zero means you are connected to the Internet all times. Otherwise, enter the minutes to be elapsed before you are disconnected from the Internet. Connect Manually: Connect to the Internet by users manually. Connect on Fixed Time: Connect to the Internet during the time you fix automatically.
11N Wireless User Guide Dynamic IP (Via DHCP) If your connection mode is Dynamic IP, it means every time you access the Internet, you will get a different IP. You don’t need to enter any parameters in this mode, just Click “Ok” to finish the settings. PPTP Mode: Show your current connection mode.
11N Wireless User Guide IP address: Please enter the IP address provided by your ISP, inquire your local ISP Subnet mask: Please enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP ,generally its Gateway: Please enter the gateway provided by your ISP, inquire your local ISP if if you are not clear. 255.255.255.0 you are not clear. All the above parameters are provided by ISP. L2TP Mode: Show your current connection mode.
11N Wireless User Guide 4.3 LAN Settings Click “Advanced settings” –LAN settings to enter the following screen. LAN MAC address: The Router’s LAN MAC address, which is unchangeable. IP address: The Router’s LAN IP address (not your PC’s IP address).The default value is 192.168.0.1; you can change it when necessary. Subnet mask: The Router’s LAN subnet mask. The default value is 255.255.255.
11N Wireless User Guide is optional. NOTE: After the settings are completed, reboot the device to activate the modified settings. 4.5 WAN Medium Type Wired WAN and wireless WAN NOTE: This function applies only to some of the products. Wired WAN: In this mode, the cable is directly connected to the WAN port. Wired WAN is the default mode. Wireless WAN: Enable this mode if your ISP provides you wireless connection service or you want to use it to amplify wireless signals.
11N Wireless User Guide same security mode, encryption mode and key as the ISP’ wireless device. For example If your ISP wireless device’s SSID is “wireless”, then just enter the ISP’s SSID, wireless MAC address, and channel respectively into the corresponding fields of the above picture. If the ISP device is secured, please set your router’s encryption type the same as the ISP device’s .Or you can click the “Open scan” button to let the router automatically fill in the SSID, Channel and wireless MAC.
11N Wireless User Guide Enable: To enable the current edited rule. Otherwise, the rule will not go into effect. Add to list: After you edit the rule, click the “add to list” button to add the current rule to the rule list. Here we take 2Mbps bandwidth as an example. Theoretically, the biggest downloading rate for 2Mbps bandwidth is 2Mbps=256KByte/s, and the biggest uploading rate is 512kbps=64KByte/s Example 1 If you want to set the download rate of the computer at the IP address of 192.168.0.
11N Wireless User Guide The setting method is the same as the above. Example 2 Set the download rate of all computers within the range of 192.168.0.2--192.168.0.254 as 100-120KByte/s, and the upload rate as 20-30KByte/s, as shown in the picture below.
11N Wireless User Guide The setting method is the same as Example 1. 4.7 Traffic Statistics Traffic statistics is used to display the bandwidth that LAN PC used. Enable Traffic statistics: It is used to calculate the traffic used by the LAN computers. You can enable it to calculate the traffic for you. Usually, disable it to improve the router’s data packet processing ability, and the default is disabled.
11N Wireless User Guide Received message: the number of the calculated computer’s the data packets that Received Bytes: the volume of the calculated computer’s statistics that is received are received through the router. through the router.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 5 WLAN Settings 5.1 Wireless Basic Settings Enable wireless function: Select to enable the Router’s wireless features; deselect Wireless working mode: This router provides two kinds of working modes: Wireless to disable it and all functions related with wireless are disabled. Access Point(AP) and Network Bridge (WDS) Wireless Access Point (AP) Network Mode: Select one mode from the drop-down list.
11N Wireless User Guide Channel: The currently used channel by the router. Select an effective channel (from 1 to 13\Auto) of the wireless network. WMM Capable: Enable it to enhance the transfer performance of the wirelessly transferred multimedia data (such as video or online playing).We recommend enabling this option if you are not familiar with WMM. APSD Capable: It is used for auto power-saved service. The default is disabled.
11N Wireless User Guide AP MAC address: Input the MAC address of another (opposing) wireless router you want to connect. Example: This example is to bridge two W316R routers. 1. If you know the connecting router’s MAC address, please enter it into the AP MAC address field and click “Ok”. 2. You can also search for the wireless router’s signal by scanning.
11N Wireless User Guide a) Click “Open scan” and click the scanned signal and click the ”Ok” button on the dialog box and the corresponding wireless MAC address will be added to the AP MAC address field automatically. b) Click “Ok” after the MAC address is added. After finishing the above steps, you need to set the other W316R router in the same way.
11N Wireless User Guide encryption method and password are the same as those of the connecting router. 5.2 Wireless Security Settings With the wireless security function, you can prevent others from connecting to your wireless network and using the network resources without your consent. Meanwhile, you can also block illegal users from intercepting or intruding your wireless network. 5.2.
11N Wireless User Guide PIN: If this option is enabled, you need to enter a wireless client’s PIN code in the Reset OOB: Press this button, the WPS client will be in an idle state, and the WPS field and keep the same code in the WPS client. indicator will turn off. AP will not respond to the WPS client’s connection request and will set the security mode as Open-None (Disable) mode. NOTE: The use of WPS function requires the wireless adapter to support this function. 5.2.
11N Wireless User Guide WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2) provides higher security than and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access). WPA Algorithms: Provides TKIP [Temporal Key Integrity Protocol] or AES Key: Enter the pass phrase that consists of 8-63 ASCII characters. Key Renewal Interval: Set the key’s renewal period, which tells the device how [Advanced Encryption Standard]. often it should change the dynamic keys. 5.
11N Wireless User Guide MAC address filter: “Permit” indicates to allow the clients in the list to access the wireless network, “Forbid” indicates to prevent the clients in the list from accessing the wireless network. Configure MAC address: Input the MAC addresses of the wireless clients to implement the filter policy. Click “Add” to finish the MAC add operation. MAC Address list: Show the added MAC addresses. You can add or delete them. 5.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 6 DHCP Server 6.1 DHCP Server DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is used to assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP Server will allocate automatically an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer in premise of activating “Obtain an IP Address Automatically”. So specifying the start and end address of the IP Address pool is needed.
11N Wireless User Guide Host name: It displays the name of the computer whose IP is allocated by the DHCP server. IP address: Enter the IP address which needs static binding. MAC address: Enter the MAC address of the computer you want to bind. Click “Add” to add the entry in the list. Lease time: The remaining time length of the corresponding IP address lease.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 7 Virtual Server 7.1 Port Range Forwarding Start/End port: Enter the start/end port number which ranges the External ports used to set the server or Internet applications. LAN IP: Enter the IP address of the PC which you want to set as the server. Protocol: Select the protocol (TCP/UDP/Both) for the application. If you are not clear about the protocol you are using, you can select “Both”. Enable: Click the Enable checkbox to bring the set rule into effect.
11N Wireless User Guide access the server through the default port 21 and adopts TCP protocol. Please follow the steps below to configure. 1.Enter 21 in both start port and end port fields, or you can also select FTP from the well-known service port and its port 21 will be added to the corresponding field automatically. 2. Enter 192.168.0.10 in the LAN IP column, and then select “Both” as the protocol and select “Enable”. 3. As the picture shown below. 4. Click the “Ok” button to save the settings.
11N Wireless User Guide 7.2 DMZ Settings The DMZ Settings screen allows one local computer to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or videoconferencing. DMZ hosting forwards all the ports at the same time to one PC. DMZ Host IP Address: The IP address of the LAN computer you want to set as DMZ host. Enable: Check to enable the DMZ host. For example: Set the computer at the IP address of 192.168.0.
11N Wireless User Guide Enable UPnP: Click the checkbox to enable the UPnP. NOTE: This function goes into effect under Windows XP or Windows ME (NOTE: the system should integrate or have installed the Directx 9.0) or this function would go into effect if you have installed software that supports UPnP.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 8 Security Settings 8.1 Client Filter Settings You can enable client filter to control LAN computers’ access to some ports of the Internet。 Filter Mode: You can select either “Permit only” or “Forbid only”. Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down list. Remark: A simple description of the configured file. You can also leave it blank. Start/End IP: Enter the start/end IP address. Port: Enter the controlled TCP/UDP protocol port.
11N Wireless User Guide Example 2 Permit LAN computer with the IP address of 192.168.0.145 to access websites during 8:00 to 18:00 from Sunday to Saturday. 8.2 MAC Address Filter You can limit the computer’s access to Internet by MAC Address Filter.
11N Wireless User Guide Filter mode: You can select either “Permit only” or “Forbid only”. Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down list. Remark: A simple description of the configured file. You can also leave it blank. MAC Address: Enter the MAC address you want to run the access policy. Time: Select the time range of MAC address Date: Select the day(s) to run the access policy.
11N Wireless User Guide 8.3 URL Filter Settings You can use URL filtering to forbid their access to certain websites at a specified time. Filter Mode: You can select either “Permit only” or “Forbid only”. Access Policy: Select one number from the drop-down list. Remark: A simple description of the configured file. You can also leave it blank. Start/End IP: Enter the start/end IP address. URL character string: Time: Select the time range of URL filter.
11N Wireless User Guide Monday to Friday. Example2 Permit LAN computers with the IP addresses of 192.168.0.100- 192.168.0.115 to access yahoo.com. NOTE: Enter only one domain name for each access policy for one access policy can only filter one domain name. So, if you want to filter multiple domain names, you need to set multiple access policies 8.
11N Wireless User Guide remotely. If you want to access the Router from outside of the local network, please click the checkbox after “Enable”. Enable: Check to enable remote web management. Port: The management port open to outside access. The default value is 80. IP Address: Specify the range of the IP addresses of the computers on the Internet for remote management. NOTE: 1.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 9 Routing Settings 9.1 Routing Table This page shows the router’s core routing table. The main duty for a router is to look for a best path for every data packet, and transfer this data packet to a destination station. In order to fulfill this function, many transferring paths, i.e. routing table, are saved in the router, for choosing when needed. 9.2 Static Routing This screen is used to set the router’s static routing.
11N Wireless User Guide NOTE: 1. The gateway must be at the same net segment with the router’s LAN IP. 2. If the destination IP address is one host’ address, then the subnet mask must be 255.255.255.255. 3. If the destination IP address is an IP segment, then it must match with the subnet mask. For example, if the destination IP is 10.0.0.0 then the subnet mask must be 255.0.0.
11N Wireless User Guide Chapter 10 System Tools 10.1 Time Settings This section is to configure the router’s system time. You can set it manually or obtain the GMT time from the Internet. Time zone: Select the time zone where you are operating the Router from the drop-down list. Customized time: Enter the time you wish to configure. NOTE: When the Router is powered off, the time settings will be lost. The router will obtain the GMT time automatically when you next time access the Internet.
11N Wireless User Guide Main features: 1. Mostly, your ISP provides a dynamic IP address and the DDNS is used to capture the changeable IP address and match to the fixed domain. Then users can have access to the Internet to communicate with others outside the network. 2. DDNS can help you to establish a virtual host in your home or company. DDNS: Click the radio button to enable or disable the DDNS service.
11N Wireless User Guide Backup Setting: Click the Backup button to back up the Router’s settings and select a path to save them. Click the “Save” button to save the configuration files. Restore Setting: Click the “Browse” button to select the backup files.
11N Wireless User Guide Click the “Restore” button to restore previous settings. 10.4 Restore to Factory Default This screen allows you to restore all settings to the factory default values. Restore: Click this button to restore to default settings. Factory default settings: Password: NULL(the default password displays as null) IP address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 NOTE: After restoring to default settings, please restart the router to make the default settings effective. 10.
11N Wireless User Guide Browse: Click this button to select the upgrade file. Upgrade: Click this button to start the upgrading process. After the upgrade is completed, the router will reboot automatically. 10.6 Reboot the Router Reboot the router to make the configuration effective. The router will cut its WAN connection automatically after rebooting. Reboot the router: Click this button to reboot the router. 10.
11N Wireless User Guide Old password: Enter the old password. New password: Enter a new password. Confirm new password: Re-enter to confirm the new password. NOTE: The default password displays as null, users can log on the web-based utility without any authentication. To secure the router and your network, it is highly recommended that you change the initial password. 10.8 Syslog The section is to view the system log.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 1 Glossary Channel: An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units (PDUs) that may be used simultaneously, in the same volume of space, with other instances of medium use(on other channels) by other instances of the same physical layer (PHY),with an acceptably low frame error ratio(FER) due to mutual interference. SSID: SSID (Service Set Identifier) is the network name shared by all devices in a wireless network.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 2 Product Features Supports IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3u High gain omni-directional antenna, with strong signals and long transmission standards. distance.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 3 FAQ This section provides some solutions to the problems which may occur during the router’s installation or usage. The instructions below may help you deal with the problems. If your problem is not in the list, please log into our website www.tenda.cn or send an E-mail to support@tenda.cn, and we will reply to you at the earliest time. 1.
11N Wireless User Guide 5.How to share my computer’s resource with other users in Internet？ ？ If you want Internet users to access the internal server via the router such as: e-mail server, Web, FTP. You can configure the “Virtual Server”. Step 1: create your internal server, make sure the LAN users can access these servers and know related service port. For example, Web server’s port is 80; FTP is 21; SMTP is 25 and POP3 is 110.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 4 Clear Wireless Configuration Clear Wireless configuration file under windows XP 1. Right click “My Network Places” on your computer desktop and select “Properties”. 2. Right click “Wireless Network Connections” and select “Properties”. 3. Click “Wireless Network Configuration” and clear the corresponding wireless configuration file as shown below.
11N Wireless User Guide Clear Wireless configuration file under windows 7 1. Right click “Network” and click “Properties”. 2. Click “Manage wireless networks” on the left side of the window. 3. Delete the corresponding configured file in the “Manage wireless networks”.
11N Wireless User Guide Appendix 5 Regulatory Information EU Declaration or Declaration of Conformity Hereby, SHENZHEN TENDA TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD, declares that this Wireless Broadband Router is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
11N Wireless User Guide undesired operation of the device. Caution! The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modifications could void the user authority to operate the equipment.
